The Director-General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu NCDC boss, says the nation’s government might be forced to reimpose lockdown limitations to battle the spread of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) because of what occurred in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State on Monday, May 4.
President Muhammadu Buhari had put Lagos, Ogun, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on lockdown since March 30, 2020 to contain the spread of COVID-19 which has contaminated over 3.5 million individuals over the world.
With the lockdown lifted on Monday, May 4, numerous individuals, particularly in Lagos and Abuja, have been violating safety measures prompted by the government.
Online networking has been overwhelmed with pictures and recordings of individuals in stuffed transports, rambunctious groups lining at transport stops, and pressed lines at various bank offices.
While talking during the daily preparation of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday, Ihekweazu NCDC boss recognized that underlying reports the nation over ‘are not very satisfying’. The NCDC DG engaged people and corporate associations to assume liability with the goal that the introduction and transmission of the infection can be appropriately overseen.
He said the PTF will trust that Nigerians will figure out how to standardize going about every day lives while likewise holding fast to the preventive measures prompted by the government.
NCDC boss, Chikwe Ihekweazu warned that an explosion in infection figures will mean that the lockdown may be reintroduced to control the spread of the coronvairus disease, read more news here.
He said:-
“We knew today would be a problem because for the first time people were let out of their homes.
